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Ginny Ben-Ari, Director of Community Outreach, and Rabbi Paul (Shaul) R. Feinberg, Ph.D.,
Associate Dean, Announce Their Retirement from HUC-JIR/Jerusalem
Ginny Ben-Ari, Director of Community Outreach, and Rabbi Paul (Shaul) R. Feinberg, Ph.D., Associate Dean,
have announced their retirement from HUC-JIR/Jerusalem. Their years of distinguished and devoted service
to the College-Institute will be celebrated at a special service to take place at the campus's Murstein
Synagogue on Saturday, October 27, 2007.
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Upcoming Events at HUC-JIR
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Works Put Women Back in the Holocaust Picture – Baltimore Sun
Judy Chicago: Jewish Identity, an exhibition on view at the Jewish Museum of Maryland,
explores how the artist's secular Jewish upbringing, with its emphasis on social justice
and civil and human rights, shaped her ideas about art and politics. The show was
organized by HUC-JIR/NY, and its emotional center is a searing series of painted and
photographed images from the Holocaust Project.
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Rabbi Brings Message of Inclusion to Congregation – Stamford Advocate
During a recent Yom Kippur service, Rabbi Allison Berry offered a special blessing to non-Jewish
members of her congregation. "We know that some of you have paid a significant price for the generous
decision you made to raise Jewish children," she told the parents who came forward. Rabbi Berry, N '07,
served congregations in New Jersey and North Carolina as a student rabbi.
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Spotlight on HUC-JIR's Programs and
Research Resources
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AJA at URJ: Social Action in Review
Visitors to the offices of the Union for Reform Judaism in NY can view Social Action in Review–an
exhibit project co-sponsored by the URJ and the AJA. The exhibit features a unique collection of documents that
highlight just a few of the interesting individuals, groups and organizations that participated in activities of
social justice throughout the various eras of American Jewish history.
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350 Years of American Jewish History
The lobby exhibit at the AJA–at HUC-JIR/Cincinnati–provides a compelling look at some of the iconic milestones,
people and events that have shaped Jewish life in America over the past 350 years. Drawing from the expansive
collections of the AJA, the exhibit features documents, photos, artifacts and film clips that convey the stories
of one of America's most dynamic minority communities.
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Founded in 1875, Hebrew Union
College-Jewish Institute of Religion is the nation's oldest
institution of higher Jewish education and the academic, spiritual, and
professional development center of Reform Judaism. HUC-JIR educates men
and women for service to American and world Jewry as rabbis, cantors,
educators, and communal service professionals and offers graduate and
post-graduate degree programs for scholars of all faiths. With campuses in
Cincinnati, Los Angeles, New York, and Jerusalem, HUC-JIR's scholarly
resources comprise renowned library, archive, and museum collections, the American Jewish Archives,
biblical archaeology excavations, research centers and institutes, and
academic publications. HUC-JIR invites the community to an array of
cultural and educational programs that illuminate Jewish history, culture,
and contemporary creativity, and foster interfaith and multi-ethnic
understanding.
Visit us at
www.huc.edu.
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